Michael Samuels

Michael Samuels was Environment Secretary of the United Kingdom and a Conservative Party politician.

Biography
Michael Samuels was born in England to a Jewish family, and, while at university, he was near to the Communist Party of Great Britain and supported denuclearization and gay rights. His views later shifted to the right, and he became a liberal member of the Conservative Party, supporting one-nation conservatism. While serving as Environment Secretary under Prime Minister Henry Collingridge, the young, smart, and attractive Samuels was a frontrunner in the Conservative leadership election following Collingridge's resignation, but he dropped out of the race after his former communist ties were revealed.